Combined clothes-line prop and clothes-hanger



(No Model.)

0. A. POTTS. COMBINED CLOTHES LINE PROP AND CLOTHES HANGER.

No. 484,162. Patented Oct. 11, 1892'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. POTTS, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED CLOTHES-LINE PROP AND CLOTHES-HANGERJ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,162, dated. October 11, 1892. Application filed October 30, 1891. Serial No. 410,340. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Porrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton,in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Clothes-Line Prop and Clothes-Hanger; and I do hereby T declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in clothes-line props and clothes-hangers; and it has for its general object to provide a combined prop and clothes-hanger comprising a main upright and branches or arms so connected to said upright that they may be extended from and folded against the same, whereby it will be seen that when not in use the combined prop and hanger will not 00- cupy more space than an ordinary prop.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects the invention consists in the peculiar construction, certain novel combinations, and the adaptation of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved prop and hanger in operation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective detail. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of one of the hanger arms or-branches. Fig.4 is an enlarged detail elevation illustrating the manner in which the turn-buttons D engage the ends of the arms 0.

Referring by letter to said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, A indicates the upright or prop of my improved device, which is preferably of rectangular form in cross-section and is provided at its upper end with the downwardly-converging notch B, designed to receive the clothes-line, although it is obvious that a fork or other device might be provided upon the upper end of the upright for the same purpose, if desired. Pivotally connected in a suitable manner, and preferably at a point adjacent to their middles, to oppositely-disposed sides of the upright A are the hanger arms or branches 0, which may be arranged at any desired elevation and are designed to support small pieces of Washed clothes While the same are drying.

As better shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, one of the longitudinal edges of the respective branches 0 is preferably beveled, as at a, whereby clothes-pins may be readily mounted thereon when desirable. The ends of the respective arms or branches 0 are also preferably beveled, as shown at b, for the ready engagernent of the turn-buttons D, which are pivotally connected to the upright or prop and are designed to hold the branches or arms 0 against and in alignment with said prop when not in use.

Formed in the sides of the upright or prop A, beneath and at the sides of the vertical planes of the pivot-points of the arms or branches 0, is a series of apertures c, which are designed in practice to seat removable pins cl, which are preferably provided at their outer ends with angular branches, as shown, and are designed in turn to hold the arms or branches 0 at various angles with respect to the upright or prop when the prop is in use.

Fixedly connected to the bot-tom of the prop A is a shoe F, having prongs g, designed to engage the ground and prevent the prop from slipping when placed in position.

In the practice of my invention it is obvious that, if desired, a small cord might be detachably connected to and stretched from the ends of one arm or branch 0 to the ends of the other for'the support of very small articles, such as handkerchiefs, &c.

From the foregoing description, taken in conjunction with the drawings, it will be perceived that I have provided a combined prop and clothes-hanger of an exceedingly cheap and simple construction, adapted When not in use to be adjusted so as to occupy no more space than an ordinary prop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined clothes-line prop and clothes-hanger, the combination, with the upright or prop having two vertical parallel series of apertures in its side, of a hanger arm or branch. pivotally connected adjacent to its middle to the prop at a point above the se planes thereof and having one of its longitudinal edges and one of its ends beveled, and pins adapted to take into the apertures in the upright or prop and fix the arm or branch with respect thereto, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. POTTS.

Witnesses:

EDWIN RoBT. WALKER, GoUvERNEUR V. PAOKER. 

